"and how the tables have turned.  you also seem to be conveniently forgetting all the EULA BS that Daz has tried to pull over the years."

Never said DAZ was innocent, just explaining why DS came about in the first place. Makes good business sense to me, but others milage may vary.

"as for Daz being in the driver's seat, LOL.  what, because of Genesis?  Genesis pales in comparison to the improvements rolled out in Poser 2012."

I wasn't comparing the overall capabilities or uses of the two software packages, but yes, DAZ is in the drivers seat with Genesis. It's their figure, designed for their software/technology. Now, how well it succeeds, how well it will be supported in other applications, and is it a smart business move, is yet to be seen.

"aside from being able to use Daz's hyped up new figure and another bullet point on the box, please explain how the addition of Sub-D to Poser, right now, would bring any real world benefits to Poser users.  the only place it would have immediate benefit is in the cloth room."

Wish I could explain the benefits. I wasn't ever involved in any of the discussions on the CC subd subject, just read, and remember reading them. You would have to ask those involved in the discussions, or in 3d software development, to have your question answered. But, for Genesis to be fully suported in Poser, Poser will need something similar to DS. I'm not saying that Smith Micro has to implement this, it's up to them to decide if they want to have better support for Genesis. Of course DAZ could change their current direction, and release a Poser version of Genesis and/or V5. ?????

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